Musings of an Orphan…
February 26, 2025
When my dad passed away, a friend said to me at the wake: Lubusan ka ng naulila. (Now you are truly orphaned.) Yes, indeed, I became a middle-aged orphan. Let me share my thoughts as
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Mom-in-law
December 17, 2024
(written 12.18.2020 at the height of Covid, months after my m.i.l. passed away. There was no wake, no memorial service, no eulogy, just cremation the morning after.) If you were to ask me for my
Present of Presence
December 12, 2024
A-bi, di yah bo ui-h ah o? (A-bi, you’re so busy)Our house guest said this to me many times for the past 3 days. Yes, it was hectic – buying and giving, eating and meeting…
Hola! Hello! 你好！Bonjour!
September 23, 2024
大家早安. Good morning, everyone. Magandang umaga! Buenos dias! Bonjour! Ho tsa khi.. that’s Hokkien.. but we don’t really do that.. greet people in Hokkien with good morning – except for occasions when we, the Tsinoy
Lessons I learned from My Chatty Dad and My Deaf-y Mom
September 12, 2024
I am often amazed at God’s humor: bringing together my mom and dad. One is hard of hearing and the other loves to talk. I used to visit them every Saturday. One would sit on
The Reason We Forgive
September 9, 2024
How do you feel if a friend offended you – say bad things behind your back? I felt sad and disappointed. Indeed a wrong done often causes grief and pain. It is sad if it’s
When your Parent Becomes your Child
September 3, 2024
“When your parent becomes your child’ is the title of the book a friend gave me. The author shared the challenges of taking care of his ageing mom. Indeed in many ways, elderly people have
The Ways of the Safe and Strong
April 16, 2024
One morning years ago, I couldn’t get the car engine to start after i pushed the on button. I thought I got the wrong key. Pushed the button 2x, nothing.. then I realised i was
Receiving My In-laws from God
February 25, 2024
But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and
Jesus, the Lamb of God and the Good Shepherd
December 13, 2023
The Lamb of God is one of many titles given to Jesus. What and how do saints in Christian history say and explain about Jesus being the Lamb of God? In 375, Saint Augustine wrote: